no, it's not dynamic data, the c't issue i have here says that it's asingle static 4k file served over 2 ethernets. (ie. 'the case for which NTand IIS is optimized')

> Now scalability in SMP isn't the problem here, as even with 1 CPU we> can't beat NT's 1 CPU. It is either Apache's handling of the dynamic> data generated by the CGI, NT's version of perl is simply faster than> ours, Linux's scheduler hurting the perl process needed to delier> dynamic data, or somewhere, the network load balancing is not working> and we are maxing out on bandwidth or CPU.

yes, IIS serves static files faster than Apache ATM - although i'd like tosee the e-commerce site that serves one single 4k file over 4 100mbitethernets ;) And even in the static-serving tests, Linux beats NT handsdown if the number of files is increased to a more realistic value.

i am getting 1-CPU performance of 3500 hits/sec (small static files) witha 'dumbed down' webserver-demo coded up by Zach Brown which usessendfile() and Linux's async IO API. Apache 2.0 (judging from DeanGaudet's plans) will be able to get such numbers as well.

-- mingo

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